Lancaster University

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Faculty MA/LLM Scholarship (fees-only) 2016-17
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to be able offer a number of Faculty
Scholarships (fees-only) to outstanding UK/ EU and Overseas applicants wishing to
undertake a Masters level programme or research on a PhD programme within the Faculty.
Awards will be made in the form of a fee waiver.
These awards are administered by individual departments. Applicants wishing to be
considered for these awards should contact their prospective department for details of the
application process. All applicants must already hold an offer of a place to study in
any department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and should be due to commence
their studies during the 2016-17 academic year. Outstanding applicants to both full-time
and part-time Masters Programmes will be considered. The award will be paid in the form of
a fee-waiver for one year for full-time programmes, and will be calculated on a pro-rata
basis for part-time programmes. Applicants may only apply for an award for a programme
on which they are not already registered.
Terms of the awards
The terms of the award are as follows:
1. Award holders must be registered on a Masters programme in the Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences.
2. Where an applicant has been made a Conditional Offer of a place on a programme,
any award made will be conditional upon the conditions being met.
3. Scholarships will not be paid to holders of UK Research Council studentships, Faculty
of Arts and Social Sciences Studentships, or the equivalent thereof. The Faculty
reserves the right to withhold the unpaid portion of any bursary in the event that the
holder succeeds in securing alternative external funding at any time during the
period covered by the award.
4. Awards are made subject to continuing satisfactory progress as a Masters student
and may be withdrawn at any time if progress is deemed to be unsatisfactory.
5. This award must be taken up in the year in which it is awarded, and applicants who
wish to defer the start of their studies to the following academic year Swill not be
able to retain the award. Students holding this award and wishing to intercalate
during their studies must apply in writing to the Associate Dean for Postgraduate
Studies for permission to do so, in addition to seeking the permission of their Head of
Department.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

20 October 2015